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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1856-04-22

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I' 3 VOLilL MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 185G. ,MT, VERNON REPUHMCAN, tirvi! ,; $2,00 Per Annum, if in Advance. ADVEIITISING- ,; The Republican hag the largest circulation In the county and is, therefore, the best medium through which business men can advertise, A d Vertisemonts will be inserted at the following ... BATES. 1 square $ c. $ e. c. O $. c $, c $ c. .' o. $ e. 1 00 1 35 1 75 3 25 3 00,3,50 4,50 6 00 ,fi sqr's.,1 752 253 25 4 255 25(6,006,758 00 3 sqr's., 3 50 3 50 4 50 5 00 6 007,00 8,00 10 4 qr's.,3 50 4 00 5 00 6 00 7 00 8,00 100012 1 square changeable monthly, $10; weekly. $15 M Column cnangeaoie quarterly, 13 column "changpabhr quarterly 18 column changeablo quarterly,, , 25 I column changeable quarterly 40 ("Twelve line in this type, are counted at a square, ETEditorial notices of advertisements, or eallingattenMon t any enterprise intended to benefit individuals or corporations, will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents per line. - XT Special notiees, before marriages, ortaking precedence of regular advertisements, double usual rates. CTNotices for meetings, charitable societies, fire companies, die, half price. D Advertisement displayed inlnrge type to be charged one-half more than regular rates. IDa.ll transient advertisements to be paid in advance, and none will be inserted unless for definite time mentioned From the Life Illus; ratej . FASHIONABLE STREET-SWEEPERS. BY "UXCLR JOE" Splashing through the gutters, Trailing through the mire; JIud up to the ankles, And a iketlb higher. Little boys uproarious, 'Cause you show your rEK ; Bless me! this is glorious Sweeping down the street. Bonnet on the shoulders, Nose up to the sky, Both hands full of flounces, Raised a la Shnng hiyh! Underskirts bespattered, Looking amusing neat Ail your silks get "watered" Sweeping down die street. THE TEMPERANCE STRUCTURE. Mr. Oough concluded his Alabama Ad-dress with the following beautiful inspiriting passage. Let every worker read-it, and go to work anew; ''Of thoBe who began tlili work, some are living to day, and I should like to stand now and see the miglny tnierprise as it rises before, They worked hard. Tliey lifted the first turf prepared tlio bed in which hyed the corner stone. They laid it amid persecution and storm. Tliev worked under the surface; and men almost forgot that there were busy hands laying the solid foundation far down beneath. By and-by they got the foundation above the surface, and then Commenced another storm of persecution. Now we see the superstructure, pillar, tower after tower, column after column, with the capitols emblazoned. "Love, truth, sympathy, and good will to all men." Old men gaze upon it as it grows up before them. They willnot live to see it completed, but they see in the crowning capstone set upon it Meek eyed women weep as it grows in beauty; children strew the pathway of the workmen with flowers. We do not see its beauty yet we do pot see the magnificence of the superstructure yet because it is in course of erection. Scaffolding, ropes, ladders, workmen ascending, mar the beauty of the building; but, by-and-by, when the hosts who have lahored shall come up over thousands of battle-fields waving with bright grain, never again to be crushed in the distillery through vineyards, under trellished vines withgrapes hanging in all their purple glory, never agaiu to be pressed into that which can debase and degrade mankind: when thev shall come through orchards, under trees hanging thick with golden pulpy fruit, never to be turned into that which can injure and debase when tliey shall come uo to .1.-1 J ' . , I , l i . . me nisi uis;iiiery njiu destroy it, to the last stream oi lujuia death and dry it up, NO. 23 BOUND FOE KANSAS. Going south, on the Express train Tues day last, we met on the cars an old friend, S. JN. Wood, formerly of Morrow county, but the last two years a resident of Kan sas, in the aff.iirs of which territory he has taken a conspicuous part as a member of tnu t ree Estate party, lie baa with lum a company of about 80 persons, who were going to the territory under his charge, and intended making it their place of abode. They consisted chiefly of young men between the ages of SI and 35, were mostly from the Reserve counties, of the cluss of persons who will make a valuable acquisition to the population of that region, And who will be found battling at the poll for i he triumph ol Ircedom in the contests that are to be waged with the cohorts of slavery before the destiny of the territory is definitely deteimined. On the arrival of the company at Cincinnati, they organized themselves into a meeting and adopted the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas, we as individuals, are cmi- MRS. EEED'S ECONOMY. "What is that, my dear?" asked Mr, Reed, mildly looking up from his pnper. i was exclaiming at the extravagance of my sex, exclaimed the pretty looking tumuli, wnose eyes naa not yet recovered their natural dimensions. "Heartily, my dear, for hear this 'There are in New York and Brooklyn not less than five thousand ladies whose' dress bill cannot average annually less than five thousand dollurs each, or ten millions for all r " "Prodigious!" muttered the merchant, "but doubtless true." "There are five thousand more," exclaimed the wife continuing her reading, "whose dress expenses will nvfrmm nno thousand dollars each, or five millions of dollars for the whole number; and fivo mill-ions more would not cover the dress expenses of those whose bills average every year from one to two hundred dollars." "This at a low estimate, the annual cost of dressing our fashionable ladies is twenty millions of dollars. PerhaDs wa shrmhl grating to Kansas to secure permanent and not. exceed the truth of the estimate the happy homes lor ourselves and children; cost of dressing and jeweling the Indies of anu, wnereas, we regara me institutions oli torn anu vicinity at from thirty to freedom as more favorable to the literary, moral ana political institutions of a State, and more congenial with the spirit of our fathers, and the genius of our government than those ol slavery; and, whereas, we recognize no exclusive right to any U. S. Territory, on the part of the citizens of any section of our country, (herefore. Resolved, That while we shall labor to secure the introduction of Kansas in the American Confederacy, as a Free State, we shall cordially welcome citizens of any part of this Union to a share in our future home, and shall acquiesce in the institutions selected for the Slate, by a majority of its bona fide settlers. Revolved, That while we will sacredly respect the rights of others, we shall de fend our own, "peaceably if we can, forci Street-sweep at the crossing Says you spoil her trade. Guesses you're the patent Street sweep, already made ; (Gives us a slight jostle, While she joins your ui(r Gracious I what a bustle Sweeping down the street.. Heaps of dirt and debris Close behind you trailing;; Joker says ''wet dry goods Make first-rate retailing!" jstraws, cigar stumps "catch it And augment the fleet ; Goodness! what a freshet-Bailing down the street. If men admire such fashions, I wish to heaven they'd try 'om:l And "darn all the expense," We'll agree to buy 'era ! They float our understanding, They fetter last our feet, Till we're not left a haud. cn Passant through the street. Oh! what's the matter, Godpy;? Oh 1 what's the matter, Graham.? Are blooming girls so plenty That you must try to slay 'em .? When trill you give the JUmmer, With a new French name to fit.? If you love the fair do n't doom hear So loxo to sweep the street.! GENTLE SMILES. The sweet yonng flowers of early spring Are beautiful to me, ' iAnd bright the many stars that .shine ' Upon the calm blue tea; But gentle smiles and loving hearts, And bands to clasp my own, Are better than the brightest flowery . Or stars that ever shone. . The sun may warm the grass to life, The dews the drooping flow'r, And eyes grow bright, and watch the light Of autumn's opening hour ; But geotlt smiles of tenderness, And smiles we know are true, Are warmer than the summer time, And brighter than the dew. , CoKPARison of American and Enowsh Irok. American Iron has been tested ; vith English In hundreds of experiments, and it is believed bas always been approv- id. Railroads.have been laid down wi'h otb kinds, side by side, and equally -used. nd the American has been estimated, in jome iostahces, at double the worth of the .English.. It has been tested in ordnance. An eleven inch gun. rrl-.de ef American Iron at the Washingion navy yshl, under the direction of Commander Dahlgreen was fired over J ,000 time. .hn-i t... :. .i.. L .. : . e umm mo oucugm oi .cngiisn iron. Jf. Y. Commercial.' : l",Good iieaven!"said ao astonished greenhorn at the President levee last win-ter tailing the attention of his more expe-,', rienced friend to the amazingly low bosom-- ed dresses worn by the f shiofiable ladies present, ''did jdu w see the like of that?" , ."I think not," was the calm and considerate rejly "at least not since X was totatud.", . -,. ,. io me last weeping wile and wine hortem-s M if , m gently away; to the last little child and lift ! Resolved, That we here pledge each oth-him up to stand where God meant that ' er, as men and as citizens, our cordial svin- manKinu snouiu stand; to the last drunk- pathy, best counsel and most earnest sup-i am and nrvft him m hni'ci il.o . ' . . ... . y ... um... .., uuiUiug , p0n m carrying out tne principles fetters, and make a glorious accomoaini , n-Hi nruu.nKio .! .Li...;... ment to the song of freedom by the clank- The following resolutions offered bv dif- luns then, ah! then I fcrent members of the company were ad- ing of the broken cli will the enpstone be set upon it, the seafF- i .1: , r ii i : . . . . . uuiiug win tun wiin a crash, ana the building will start in its wonderous beauty be- iuie uu asiomsiiKi worm A Sabbath for Eallroads. The New Yoik Central, the Hudson river, and the New York mid Eriu railroads, nave now their Stbbaih days. Locomotive and tender, asle and ril, wheel and switch, have its common wilh man, a day of rest. Six days' service tills their aDboin- ted weekly wear, as it does that of most of the laborers of Christendom. There is an incalculable economy m theS-bbath. Machinery wears out under constant use. Alan s tissues are consumed by it his vi tality oecomes leebie, and eventually exhausted. In the course of his abuse of his divine organization, his joy, his sweetness, bis courage, his hope, are worn and worn till they're all worn out. The Sabbath is to the Wfeks of toil what the sleeping time of the cur ained niht is to the Jdays of laborrecuperation of physical force, and acquirement of new monl power. The railroad Sabbath will reward the compa nies which institute it. Their employers will wear longer and work better. There will be one seventh less accidenti upon the lines fourteen per cent les- wear and tear ol rails and machinery, and of expenditure of fuel, oil and waste. VVnile the heated few who would travel seven days in the week are fretfully sxving themselves and their passage money for the Monday trains, the giant locomotives are gradually sleen- ing in their darkened round houses The Sabbath through, they breatht quietly on their beds, images of power in a state of jest, suggestive and admonitory to us all. Awany journal ATeub Stobv A little Irish rirl. 13 years of age, without father or mother, ignorant even of her olphabet, came to live with us Knowing she had been receiving good wages we asked her, rather re proischlully we fear, why her wardrobe WHS so miserably poor ond scanty cleanly and in good order as it was, she having the bare necessities of clothing. "Ma'am," said she, and her bright honest eyes filled with tears, "my mother did not alwavs dn right. She owed a woman that had been md to us, .eight dollars for board. Mv nfjen nave, ueen savea to pay that debt, for it WrtS an honest one. Until I nnid it I felt I had no rijjht to buv a ainirle nrtir.l of clothing I could do without." "Is ii all paid, Mary?" "Yes, and now I can anerwl ine wHges you pay me on mvself." Uen-erous and brave girl she has her minm ui uuuiiuy irora uoa. -Ufimttan Iny. forty millions of dollars "What wonder?" exclaimed the goodly indignant woman," that poverty and suffering are so rile in that city; only think, George, twenty millions of doll irs, to say the least, wasted in extravagance and finery!" "Yes," resumed the husband, for the bulk of the money is expended on foreign fabrics, and goes out of the country to pamper the miserable toadies of the old world that's what makes me angry to think of. If the money was spent among our producer, manufacturers and mechanics, the shame would not be so burning; but no, it must bear the stamp of imported goods, or our ladies will not look at the article. I saw some silk to-day which I'll be bound some French aristocrat manufactured for his own windows, but failing to give satisfaction, was sent over to the "green Yankees." They wouldn't know of course not nor care, as long as the obseoious pun in carrying oui tne principles ol tne aiiopinan ueciareu it was ot "lJaris manu- lacture. And so we have walkinir our tains, with nil the fixtures, nslikelvas not. sud best hangings too oh I to meet in our fashionable protnenados.dresses with figures larger man the whole puttern, so that it solicitudo you had displayed towards his lamiiy. it was you, then, who sent them wood and bread, nnd warm clothing for their children. It was you who got 'Lilly a good place for your bick wash woman. It was you who fitted out the little lame girl with decent cloths, and sent her to school; it was you who during the season of distress went liko a ministering angel to the haunts of tho poor, preferring to erjend your allowance in doing good to the needy, rather than display yourown beautiful person in the habiliments of fashion. God's blessings on you my noble wife I am proud of youl I have found a lieasuroof which not only I, but my country should be proud. For, should calamity come, this fair cheek would never blush, with tho thought: "It was mv henrtless extrnva- gance that aided in the overthrow of my native land." God's blessings on youl He does bless you daily; and when the poor butterflies who think more of a yard of brocade than a human soul standing before the judgment seat of the great God, how little in comparison with such as you, my wife, will such heartless, frivolous beings appear. Nay, this is just praise tho you have done your good works silently and secretly, and not for human approbation;" and imprinting a kiss on her forehead, the happy husband returned to his counting room. From the Albany Evening Journal. KANSAS AND ARKANSAS. The Democratic party oppose the admis1 sion oi tiiinsas on the ground that her np plication, not being made by her Territo Correspondence of Sandusky Itegister, TII3 GHQWING RAPACITY OP CON GEES3. However liumiliatin;' the acknowledge ment must be to every true lover of his country and its institutions, the fact of the growing rapacity of members of Congress we speak in general terms and refer to no one person in particular can no lonirer bo ignored or excused. The cbarce attaches itself to tho whole Congressional body, and may not, wilh any propriety, bo shirked or appropriated by any one political party now hi eminence, out may be asserted with sufficient grounds against all. Is it not patent to every one, at nil familiar with tho workings ot our government nt Washing ton, that the most contemptible subterfuge are employed by public servants fo trans ler national property to private ownership Ihe most lalitudinurian constructions forced on existing acts of Congress, to increase the emoluments and peinuisites of Con gressmen and officers of the government? ana worst ot ail what goes more conclu sively to make good our assertion are they not, every day, the mo.st daring schemes natcneu out aim developing for plundering the public stores; with the infamous character of which members are too familiar; but against the instigators and actors of which, either from slavish fear of conse quences, or that inward consciousness of unfitness, they dare not "cast the first stone? ' Consider the manner in which the per diem (iO) allowance to members is reckon ed, made to include Sundays and many outer uays, lor which no service is render ..... uuinumra, uui oy an lnuepenueni ed; aud yet, although a similar claim, if "n, 7 u --'e, noi previously au- made bv a hireling, on one of these mem inorizea oy congress, is. illegal, let it bers for payment lo: nnvmnt lor Nnnmive wrniiV! L m uuiuu puzzle mem io point out trie page oi u-cted w th aslon shment. no rm-mW the Statute Book.which re.iders illegal such : however clear-sighted in his own business, c u. ui,ceu.i.K, fueie is uuimiig )u3 perceived the unluirness of such pay cation to be made through Territorial au thorities, or the Convention to be held un laeut. Consider again the allowance for travel mg experses ($8,00 for every 20 miles) This enactment was born in slow coach opted Jiesolved, That all who wish to emigrate to Kansas be requested to join our party, tnkea two women to show off one gown to and that our Committee on names be in- j advantage itis most laughable but wife:" structed to tako the names of all such individuals.Resolved, That we will abstain from the use of ardent spirits, and from profane language, and that we will act as gentlemen and ladies and treat each other as such. r Delawure Qazette, April 1 1th. .. .. . . f'JSUs"wPT." ...... "Well how your eyes twinkle "It has never occurred to me to ask how much you spend in dress, say for one year. "Oh! but I am riot fashiouable, and you are not rich." "No matter for that; a better dressed woman than yourself doesn't walk the streets of the city. Now for that very reason that I am not rich, I want to know how vou do it." Amoug the lovely traits exhibited in the ' "Tlmt is easv enough told, nn a Htiln . character of Jesus Christ, none shine forth flection," jcplied Mrs. Reed, blushing nev-in greater splendor, than his sympathy for crtiieless "you praised my new hat yes-suffering humanity. In his pilgrimage terday very hi.;hly." here on earth, he frequently came in con-1 "Never saw you look so sweet in my tant with nhipnta in .ti-jlrues nrhinl, tniml.A.l lift, tanntaA tn l,:..n .1... .... t .1 -.-, ..wu wuuilVU ...V, lldllWU B.fla VUU UI1 LI1H H inr. I .IK, his heart with feelings of coiapassion. the gentleman who was with me, declared ceiioiu mm approach tne lonio where ins he Hadn't metso handsome and wnll tr friend Lazarus was laid, and as he hears ed a iady since ho left Boston. There's the lamentations of the bereaved relatives for you, and he's a New Yorker- hut cimo and weeping friends, "He groaned in the what did you give lor that bounet, pinch spirit, and was troubled." And as be in bread and butter, eh?" and he pinched l...n.,o H.nm ,AMMn: .1 U II II L. !f.l I . uccuo niic.u uiuuiiiiug na u.ue wuu wouiu 1110 wne s rosy cnectf. not be comforted," his heart was made full "No indeed,".sh merrily replied; "you to overflowing, and his tears mingled with know last week I asked you for three dol-those around him. "Jesus Wept." ; lars; well, that was what the bonnet cost Here we have a striking illustration of me." ' God manifested in the flesh." He wasi "Ah! Minne I'm not so trrecn as that ousuepuuie 01 oeiug "loucnea win, tne reel a may s bonnet three dollars a bonnet ings of our infirmities," and his yearning like that 1" soul flowed out in sacred tears for the suf-j "But I made it mjself, for I have lon fexing and distressed. beep confident that a milliner's time is worth Is it any wonder, those who gazed upon to hor a dollar a minute, and that we pay the affecting scene, cried out "Behold how more for that than shape, material and all. he loved nim." Although the stoical phi-, So I have made my bonnets for the last losopher might dare pronounce it weak- two seasons; this very frame wore velvet ness in the Son of God to weep: yet the last winter. I was curious to get a milli-compassionate Jesus thought it not a shame ner's judgment upon it.and yesterday asked to suffer his benevolent heart to be touched Miss to show me some ten dollar bon- by feelings of pity, and he gave vent to! nets. She did so, and I would not ex-his pent up sorrow, by a gushiug of tears. ; change mine for any of them. Ha! Ha." And this is the affection he bears all his "Whv mv black silk looks so frnsh nnn inenus on eartn. Although their hearts! ot my lriends knew but I had bought a may be wrung by bitter anguish: yet there' new one. I turned, altered and trimmed is one dear Friend, who shares tbeir grief jt handsomely, and yet tho trimmim's cost ana commisserates their suffering. only one dollar and sixty cents; you see Have you experienced the loss of friends? there's a good deal in taste," she added uas aeatn entered the domestic circle, and , blushingly der the supervision of Congress. There is no law requiring it. iuere is not even times, nnd was then considered liberal; yet, a congressional usage requiring it, lor although 200 miles can now be gone over States have repeatedly been admitted upon with trreater ease ami lnaa i-ir.ins than on njjpi.umiui. uituie 111 jusi me way mat mis ; men, no abatement has since taken place- IO nnt nlll, n,!,l!nnn rHn.,.1 k.. l I . .1 .. . ....v. ... wuiiauiuuuuo iiiu.icu uj von- j uuc, on the contrary, the roads seem to, ventions, called, held, and acting precisely ! have grown longer from each Congression-hke the Kanzw Convention. California al District to Washington, and many mem-was. Michigan was. And so, substanti- bers find it to their profit to remain in that ally was Texas. city from year's end to year's end, and If we go back only twenty years, we each session lo make out a fictitious ac-shall find ihe Democratic party, insisting count of expenses incurred in reaching upon, nnd carrying out, the very course their seats; and this "fiction," known as they now condemn. In 1 836 came to Con- "constructive mileage," is regularly crcd-gress the application of a Territory lyinir ited and imid. just adjacent to Kansas, resemblinc it in! Acain. a rule harinrr Wn poMUVo,! name, and lornnr.g part ot the same Lou- f furnishing each member with the requi-lsinna Purchase. No law had been pass-1 site suiioneiy, this also is used as a pre- ea oy congress authorizing a Convention text for paltry peculation; and not only to organize a State. On the contrary.Con- the member himself and nil h; f,; ... 1. t - 1 y f . i Sress nau positively rejusea to passsucn a chance lo visit Washington, wastefully con- law. rheapplicalionwasnotmadebythe 8ume the public property, whilst on duty Territorial authorities. Nevertheless the bat each returns to his home with a suf- Sett.ers' Convention framed a constitution, ficiency to last his natural life: and if he presented it to Congress, and asked admis- lms gonS( Cftci, portl) ilia "Congress knife " sion. Not a single remonstrance on tho showing, conclusively to their neighbors, score of "illegality" was uttered on the not only that their father has been to iumourauc siue oi me aouse. ine suo- Washington, but also that his sense ofhoa-ji-ct was referred to acommitlce.and in due or and right did not prevent him from ma- us uii.umi.il, iur. uuuiinuiw, reported tmg the most, pecuniary, out of Us posi a bill, which was passed on the 15th of tion. " T 1 nfl.i 1 T . I ui V ' t : tw . lhe ngnt to send communications on i.wri i. 1 m ' ;governmental matters, m the mai a. free of r a .t,,nDna aa .Ln.u .'J cost, has also grown into a very serious .1 1 J . auiise: and men who would scorn such i uary ,n the present year, by a' convention breBch of trust when Rt Rvai t ' of delegates called and assembled for that ,elvcs of lhis wMe meang'of tr " H.Hu", .r ie.,iSe ves a onsutu- tltion to stnA , lu,ir friends tf) lion and S.a e govenrment which Const,- LearJ of Rrtick.s frM f , . h n u.ion end State governmen so formed. ,s mei4ns t,)e M , Republican; and whereas the number of loftjd Rnd 'transformed0 into a "Conre- iiiimuiiaiiin witiuu 1110 nnni xfrruorv ex- :.,,.i T-..-o..: n. .1 i. 1 , ,,i 7-?ni .1 i- inal lransportation Co.," the whole isdis- .u. p.,"'" " i 'g Rrrftngcd, and the regular correspondence to he rule prescribed by he constitut.on 0l theoC0Untry intt.rr2plt.d. P of the United States; and the said Conven- T , . , r , . tion have, in their behalf, asked the Cod-' Look ?Sn 'I1 1,8 of printing doo-gress of the United States to admit the !mH;,,t9 bJf bulh ,10Usf of. Cungrs. The said Territory into the Union as a State, on 0 ecl1 new membr entitled to. 0I the same footing as the original States. I ,ak,,n' T "eat nre vnlucJ ? I,'600' ni "Be it masted, that the State of Arkan-1 " ".,0"irh ,th, PrLe,ext on, which tIle Publ'-sas is hereby declared to be admitted into Cf,!"'n and dl8tributlon of government prin-the Federal Union on the same footing as Vlr ",l,mt ,nf?rmnt".m "'ght the original States," ks Ac. thus be diffused nil over the land," these Anybody who Supposes tbat lock girl in a back room will hrevent her iroro s nowmg w.hat Jove means, might a? Weil undertake to Vppn ttrith jbldshing in June, by wninpering m' their ara bot that snow bid last winter. DIED In Laodicea, the Prayer . Meet-iny., aged ono year. The health of the meeting was poor most of the year, and its life wa despaired of. But a few anxious friends kept it alive, and sometimes it would so revive as to encourage them. viscouragemeni, nowever, at last prevail ed, and the prayer meeting is dead. It died from neglect. Not a Christian was present whi n it died. Over forty Chris- .: .a f . ... r. . . uhus j i t were living wiimn a mile of it, and not one was there. Had two only hpun there, its life might have been saved, for whefe tfro are agreed as touching anything u.rj minu hsk, 11 snail oe done, for them. I wo thirds of the forty might have been mere, nad they teen so disposed. But they were not, and bo ihe ErrKcra o REctPBocrTr: The exports of wheat from Toronto during the past season amount to3 1,000 bushels ofwMch 694 000 went to the United States. The exports of flour for the same period comprise 147,000 barreli, of Which 415,400 went to. the ilnited States porta, ; These facts show the advantage which the reei procity treaty gives to New York in making it the ootlct of Canadian produce.' , claimed some loved obieot fox his own! Have you felt your heart-strings snapping asnnuer, as tne dear idqlot your heart has been torn awty by the grim destroyer? Have you wept, and do you still for the departed! Then indeed you are acquainted with grief, and you have tasted the "wormwood and the gall" of life's fluctuating water. But amid this general deso-laiion of thy soul, suffer one reflection to quell the raging billows of thy troubled heart Jesus, there above is thy friend; he looks down in tender compassion upon thy distress and eels deep solicitude . in all thy mnis, Dry up thy tears thou child of sorrow. for Jesus has gone to prepare a plce for thee, boon shall thou quit this "low ground of sin and sorrow," to reign wilh him above. There shall he "wipe away all tears from thine yet and there shall be no more death neiin, r sorrow nor crying." There shall you bask in the smiles of thy Redeemer, and enjoy Heaven's unsullied bliss, for ever and ever. S3T A little girl at school read thus: "The widow lived on a small limhacv' left her by a relative." What did you can that word..' asked the teacher: "the ord is 'legacy not 'limbacy.' " "But, Miss Johnson," said the little girl, "Pa says i must say limb, not leg. A Hint to Medical Coiuilers. When the mind's diseased, it's frequently not heating a man wantssomuchasfresh-tov-ing. Punch. 1 Natare makes us poor only when we want necessaries; but custom erivei the name of poverty to the adt of aupeiflui- UCB. "O yes, Mrs. Self Conceit, then we may put the dress at one dollar sixty cents. Ah, there's the new one-r-I forgot that." ' "It cost twelve dollars, for I make it a point to get good, rich silk, that it may bear turning or a. change of pattern. But I made every stiich myself, with only a little help from sister Annie." "But the seamstress, I saw her." "Oh, she was sewing up the cotton for the family. I always make it a point to employ some of my friends for that, and pay liberally. Shall I tell you what it cost?" "No, for we are upon dress new gloves, shoes, laces, &c. Come, all the secrets of youi mavellous extravagance, madam!' and Mr. Reed flourished his pencil pom, pously. , "Gloves, four dollars a yenr," said his wile, "put that at four dollars, for J get the very best from motives of economy; shoes, say eight dollars, though I am not quite certain it is so much; laces.perhaps five do! lars, having a good assortment and taking care of them. My dressing gowns are of .trench calico that are yet handsome after a three year's wear but to be more explicit, I have bought within the last ten months, and my outside dress, winter and all, has not exceeded seventy-five dollars." Mr. Reed looked at his wife with exulting glances. "And yet," he exclaimed, "bow well, in l ow thdroughly pure and elegant taste you have always appeared, my admirable wife. It is through tour economy J escaped threatened failure during tbe Jast terrible year. And I have more to tell yoa. .Jenkins, who bad just got out by a ; i. i ,i i .. Here are all the qualifications reqnired uuon3 nre now cons.uereu tne private prop before admitting Arkansas. rfiatinellV sot eriy oi memoes, nna .( forth. Which one of them does Kansas lack? Her Convention "called and assembled for that purpose, formed themselves a Constitution and State government." The "Constitution nnd State government so formed is Republican." The "number of can be proved that many of tlu m never draw ,the boojis at all, but receive of the contractors for their publication a sum in money in Mend! whilst others receive the books and sell them on their own account. The exposures lately made (by Mr. Clayton) show to what magnitude V .1 .! !l 1 .1 I . .. . .. inhabitants" is as great or greater. Tho ; u"s ."'auy grown: and thai the "Convention have Fn their behalf asked ad-! (!vernm.tnt 18 .ra8t "vailing the JIarpers in mission" into the Union. Everything has ln nuw )cr e2lc?1 publications, been done in this case that was required I Ffl? .nd d.shonorab e as are in that one. Why then must Kansas be! ,"'80 ""n'olralions of public trust, rejected under the same circumstances that: thcy r.a?k but a9 W UrcvnJ 1D C0Tr'-Arkansas was admitted? j 8on Ylth m,iny ?thws' Krow'"S out.f . There is only ono reason, and the De-1 W of government; and it is a mocracy own it-Arkansas had Slaves, ! f,,tl hl1 f, d,iy K 1-1 W8nta and Kansas has none. Ma, "oliitely "created," both in Congress . , r, , and departments, whoso strongest claim to 3-If vnu r.annnt hn l.nnnu in nnnvnv. attention is that "fnt contracts" must there- be happy in another; and this facility from arise, with which the greed of politi- disposition wants but losophy, for health and near v the whole all.nr. after felicity, liko an absent man hunting: 1,18 PSS8 of lch secured for so many for his hat. while it io on his head or in his! members wuh ihcir families a passage to ; and mis laciuty oj 1 ' '",,v" g"cuu. jiuuu- tt littlo aid from phi-; ca! r.ssociates may be satiated for the time and good humor aroj l)einh' or naw political friends be secured, ir. Mnv run nhnnt Look at the "Collins ocean mail contract." '. i ' . . 1 .1 -f 1 I I r fter felicity, like an absent man hunting: l" V''H" '-" ecure;i ioi jr his hat, while it io on his head or in bis! meubr ,w,lh i" 'r families a pi .,n,i and from hurope without cost to tli emselven. and in runny insluncea money to apend! Look r.ijain at the huckstering araon.T mem- hers during this present Congress, when the printing and bcok-bindinir .contract hand. m D. D. A darkey on fitalcn Island, who pretends to have discovered a cure for hydrophobia, sports D. 1). to his name. Up on being asited why be added these letters, wero about to riven out; and the unblusl- hosaul "ivoae dais right tints my nnmo Ing manner in which black mail was de manded of the applicants as the price of support; and these cases are not exceptions to a general rule, but the reverse; and we may safely affirm that no money bill has any chance of consideration in .Congress that does not include and contemplate a certain show of pecuniary advantage to certain members of that body or their par-iculor friends T. tW Genius will always work itself thro', said a poet when he found his coat was out at the elbows. in full Sam Poplar, D. D., Dog Doctor." X3Tln making choice of a wife, prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before tbe body, then thou hast m a wile a friend, a companion, who will bear an equal share in all thy tons ana aiiections. jti?" The more people de, the more they can do; be that uocb nothing renders him self incapable to do anything, whilst we are executing one work, we are preparing ourselves to undertake another. broken back, thanked me yesterday for mv X2T Three warnings from the trrave l indnessto him during his late illness, cal-l "Thou knowest what I was. thou knowest led down blessings on our head for tbe I what I am, remember what tbou art to be." i-That's tbe end vt my tail." as the tadpole said when he turned intobull-froK- . . A BI1L, , ; To provide for the settlement of the claims! oi officers pf the. revolutionary army, and of the widows and prpban children of those who died in the service. Sep. 1. BiU enacted ly the Sena oni House of Representative! of the United Statee of America in Congress assembled, That the officers of the army of the Revolution, who were entitled to half-pay foe-life under tho resolutions pf Oongreo's1 of tho third and twenty-first of Ootober, sev enteen hundred and eighty, the seventeenth of January, seventoen hundred and eighty-one, the eigth of May, seventeen hundred and eighty-one, nnd the eighth of March, seventeen hundred and eighty-five, shall be entitled to receive the same, although such officer may have reoeiyed, in lieii thereof, the commutation of full pay for five years, under the resolution of Con- greas of the twenty-eeco'nd of March, ser- ventten hundred and eighty-three. . 6eo. 2. And le it further enacted. Thai it shall be the duty of the proper account- ing officer of the treasury, when applied to lor tnat purposo by any one who by this act is entitled to receive, or his or her guardian, to ascertain what is due to such offi cer, from the time he became entitled to' the said half-pay until his death, if that occurred before the third day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-six ; but if ho died after that time, then up to tho third day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-six. ec. 3. And be it further enacted, That t shall ba the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, when the amount due to anr of ficer has been ascertained, as aforesaid, to pay tbe same, as hereinafter directed, after deducting therefrom the amount received for commutation, under the resolution of the twenty-second of March, seventeen, hundred and eighty-three. Sbc. 4. And be it further enacted. That the benefit of the resolution of the twen ty-fourth of August, seventeen hundred and eighty, shall be expended to the wid ows and orphan children of all officers who died in the service at any perid during the war of the Revolution, whether such officers belonged to the continental line, or to any volunteer corps called into service under the authority of any State, but no pay ment shall be made under this clause, except to the widows and orphan children pf such deceased officer. Sec. 6. And be ii further enacted. Thai! surgeons' mates shall be entitled to the benefit of the resolution of the seventeenth of J anuary, seventeen hundred and eigth-one, and receive the same pay as hospital phy sician and surgtons. Sic. 6. And be U further enatted, Thai it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, under the direction and with the ap-probation of the President of .the United States, to prescribe such rules of evidence as may be necessary to carry into effeot tbe provisions of this act, aocording to iti true intent and mening. Sko. 7. And be it further enacted, Thjit all payments made by authority of thjs act shall be without interest. Sko. 8. And be it further enacjiti, Thai m every case the said accounting officer. before he shall order any claim to be paid, hall require satisfactory proof that the person or persona, in whose name may be presented, is or are the bona fide owner or owners thereof, and that the claim has not been sold, transferred, pledged, or mortgaged, or any part thereof, to any persoa or persons whomsoever; and all sales, transfers, mortgages, or pledges of any such claims aro hereby declared void of ;u' elkct whatever. Sbc. 9. And te ii furilir enacted, Thai this act shall not extend to the case of any officer, or his representatives, who hare received either half-pay for life or eommu' lotion in Hsu . thereof under any special a,ot of Congress. Skc. 10. And led further enacted, ThaJ all persons who apply andreeeive the benefit of this act shall receive the same in full satisfaction of all claims under any of the resolutions of Congress hereinbefore recited, and for all losses alleged to have bee sustained by depreciation in the value o the certificates received as commatatio under the resolution of Congress of the twenty-second of March, seventeen .hlUV-dred and eighty-three. Szc. it. And be it fnrther enacted, That all claim. which shall be allowed mndef the first and fifiK sections of (his act shajl be paid to the ofacer, if alive, and , if he be dead, to his widow and children equally; and if there be no widow living, then 19 his child, children, or grand ehildreaihl issue of any deceased child taking among them the share qf tbeir deceased pareqi-r and to no other persons. Sic. it. And le it further snaeieJ, "that this act shall continue and be of foree for the term of ten years, and no longer and all o!aimij)ot presented, frith the evldeaee, for their adjudication withtn that fine ihaj be forever .barred. ' ' ! " Sbc. 13. And be 8 further enacted, Thai the decision of the accounting ofiloer shf3l .be final and conclusive. . ! 1 V-A

I' 3 VOLilL MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 185G. ,MT, VERNON REPUHMCAN, tirvi! ,; $2,00 Per Annum, if in Advance. ADVEIITISING- ,; The Republican hag the largest circulation In the county and is, therefore, the best medium through which business men can advertise, A d Vertisemonts will be inserted at the following ... BATES. 1 square $ c. $ e. c. O $. c $, c $ c. .' o. $ e. 1 00 1 35 1 75 3 25 3 00,3,50 4,50 6 00 ,fi sqr's.,1 752 253 25 4 255 25(6,006,758 00 3 sqr's., 3 50 3 50 4 50 5 00 6 007,00 8,00 10 4 qr's.,3 50 4 00 5 00 6 00 7 00 8,00 100012 1 square changeable monthly, $10; weekly. $15 M Column cnangeaoie quarterly, 13 column "changpabhr quarterly 18 column changeablo quarterly,, , 25 I column changeable quarterly 40 ("Twelve line in this type, are counted at a square, ETEditorial notices of advertisements, or eallingattenMon t any enterprise intended to benefit individuals or corporations, will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents per line. - XT Special notiees, before marriages, ortaking precedence of regular advertisements, double usual rates. CTNotices for meetings, charitable societies, fire companies, die, half price. D Advertisement displayed inlnrge type to be charged one-half more than regular rates. IDa.ll transient advertisements to be paid in advance, and none will be inserted unless for definite time mentioned From the Life Illus; ratej . FASHIONABLE STREET-SWEEPERS. BY "UXCLR JOE" Splashing through the gutters, Trailing through the mire; JIud up to the ankles, And a iketlb higher. Little boys uproarious, 'Cause you show your rEK ; Bless me! this is glorious Sweeping down the street. Bonnet on the shoulders, Nose up to the sky, Both hands full of flounces, Raised a la Shnng hiyh! Underskirts bespattered, Looking amusing neat Ail your silks get "watered" Sweeping down die street. THE TEMPERANCE STRUCTURE. Mr. Oough concluded his Alabama Ad-dress with the following beautiful inspiriting passage. Let every worker read-it, and go to work anew; ''Of thoBe who began tlili work, some are living to day, and I should like to stand now and see the miglny tnierprise as it rises before, They worked hard. Tliey lifted the first turf prepared tlio bed in which hyed the corner stone. They laid it amid persecution and storm. Tliev worked under the surface; and men almost forgot that there were busy hands laying the solid foundation far down beneath. By and-by they got the foundation above the surface, and then Commenced another storm of persecution. Now we see the superstructure, pillar, tower after tower, column after column, with the capitols emblazoned. "Love, truth, sympathy, and good will to all men." Old men gaze upon it as it grows up before them. They willnot live to see it completed, but they see in the crowning capstone set upon it Meek eyed women weep as it grows in beauty; children strew the pathway of the workmen with flowers. We do not see its beauty yet we do pot see the magnificence of the superstructure yet because it is in course of erection. Scaffolding, ropes, ladders, workmen ascending, mar the beauty of the building; but, by-and-by, when the hosts who have lahored shall come up over thousands of battle-fields waving with bright grain, never again to be crushed in the distillery through vineyards, under trellished vines withgrapes hanging in all their purple glory, never agaiu to be pressed into that which can debase and degrade mankind: when thev shall come through orchards, under trees hanging thick with golden pulpy fruit, never to be turned into that which can injure and debase when tliey shall come uo to .1.-1 J ' . , I , l i . . me nisi uis;iiiery njiu destroy it, to the last stream oi lujuia death and dry it up, NO. 23 BOUND FOE KANSAS. Going south, on the Express train Tues day last, we met on the cars an old friend, S. JN. Wood, formerly of Morrow county, but the last two years a resident of Kan sas, in the aff.iirs of which territory he has taken a conspicuous part as a member of tnu t ree Estate party, lie baa with lum a company of about 80 persons, who were going to the territory under his charge, and intended making it their place of abode. They consisted chiefly of young men between the ages of SI and 35, were mostly from the Reserve counties, of the cluss of persons who will make a valuable acquisition to the population of that region, And who will be found battling at the poll for i he triumph ol Ircedom in the contests that are to be waged with the cohorts of slavery before the destiny of the territory is definitely deteimined. On the arrival of the company at Cincinnati, they organized themselves into a meeting and adopted the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas, we as individuals, are cmi- MRS. EEED'S ECONOMY. "What is that, my dear?" asked Mr, Reed, mildly looking up from his pnper. i was exclaiming at the extravagance of my sex, exclaimed the pretty looking tumuli, wnose eyes naa not yet recovered their natural dimensions. "Heartily, my dear, for hear this 'There are in New York and Brooklyn not less than five thousand ladies whose' dress bill cannot average annually less than five thousand dollurs each, or ten millions for all r " "Prodigious!" muttered the merchant, "but doubtless true." "There are five thousand more," exclaimed the wife continuing her reading, "whose dress expenses will nvfrmm nno thousand dollars each, or five millions of dollars for the whole number; and fivo mill-ions more would not cover the dress expenses of those whose bills average every year from one to two hundred dollars." "This at a low estimate, the annual cost of dressing our fashionable ladies is twenty millions of dollars. PerhaDs wa shrmhl grating to Kansas to secure permanent and not. exceed the truth of the estimate the happy homes lor ourselves and children; cost of dressing and jeweling the Indies of anu, wnereas, we regara me institutions oli torn anu vicinity at from thirty to freedom as more favorable to the literary, moral ana political institutions of a State, and more congenial with the spirit of our fathers, and the genius of our government than those ol slavery; and, whereas, we recognize no exclusive right to any U. S. Territory, on the part of the citizens of any section of our country, (herefore. Resolved, That while we shall labor to secure the introduction of Kansas in the American Confederacy, as a Free State, we shall cordially welcome citizens of any part of this Union to a share in our future home, and shall acquiesce in the institutions selected for the Slate, by a majority of its bona fide settlers. Revolved, That while we will sacredly respect the rights of others, we shall de fend our own, "peaceably if we can, forci Street-sweep at the crossing Says you spoil her trade. Guesses you're the patent Street sweep, already made ; (Gives us a slight jostle, While she joins your ui(r Gracious I what a bustle Sweeping down the street.. Heaps of dirt and debris Close behind you trailing;; Joker says ''wet dry goods Make first-rate retailing!" jstraws, cigar stumps "catch it And augment the fleet ; Goodness! what a freshet-Bailing down the street. If men admire such fashions, I wish to heaven they'd try 'om:l And "darn all the expense," We'll agree to buy 'era ! They float our understanding, They fetter last our feet, Till we're not left a haud. cn Passant through the street. Oh! what's the matter, Godpy;? Oh 1 what's the matter, Graham.? Are blooming girls so plenty That you must try to slay 'em .? When trill you give the JUmmer, With a new French name to fit.? If you love the fair do n't doom hear So loxo to sweep the street.! GENTLE SMILES. The sweet yonng flowers of early spring Are beautiful to me, ' iAnd bright the many stars that .shine ' Upon the calm blue tea; But gentle smiles and loving hearts, And bands to clasp my own, Are better than the brightest flowery . Or stars that ever shone. . The sun may warm the grass to life, The dews the drooping flow'r, And eyes grow bright, and watch the light Of autumn's opening hour ; But geotlt smiles of tenderness, And smiles we know are true, Are warmer than the summer time, And brighter than the dew. , CoKPARison of American and Enowsh Irok. American Iron has been tested ; vith English In hundreds of experiments, and it is believed bas always been approv- id. Railroads.have been laid down wi'h otb kinds, side by side, and equally -used. nd the American has been estimated, in jome iostahces, at double the worth of the .English.. It has been tested in ordnance. An eleven inch gun. rrl-.de ef American Iron at the Washingion navy yshl, under the direction of Commander Dahlgreen was fired over J ,000 time. .hn-i t... :. .i.. L .. : . e umm mo oucugm oi .cngiisn iron. Jf. Y. Commercial.' : l",Good iieaven!"said ao astonished greenhorn at the President levee last win-ter tailing the attention of his more expe-,', rienced friend to the amazingly low bosom-- ed dresses worn by the f shiofiable ladies present, ''did jdu w see the like of that?" , ."I think not," was the calm and considerate rejly "at least not since X was totatud.", . -,. ,. io me last weeping wile and wine hortem-s M if , m gently away; to the last little child and lift ! Resolved, That we here pledge each oth-him up to stand where God meant that ' er, as men and as citizens, our cordial svin- manKinu snouiu stand; to the last drunk- pathy, best counsel and most earnest sup-i am and nrvft him m hni'ci il.o . ' . . ... . y ... um... .., uuiUiug , p0n m carrying out tne principles fetters, and make a glorious accomoaini , n-Hi nruu.nKio .! .Li...;... ment to the song of freedom by the clank- The following resolutions offered bv dif- luns then, ah! then I fcrent members of the company were ad- ing of the broken cli will the enpstone be set upon it, the seafF- i .1: , r ii i : . . . . . uuiiug win tun wiin a crash, ana the building will start in its wonderous beauty be- iuie uu asiomsiiKi worm A Sabbath for Eallroads. The New Yoik Central, the Hudson river, and the New York mid Eriu railroads, nave now their Stbbaih days. Locomotive and tender, asle and ril, wheel and switch, have its common wilh man, a day of rest. Six days' service tills their aDboin- ted weekly wear, as it does that of most of the laborers of Christendom. There is an incalculable economy m theS-bbath. Machinery wears out under constant use. Alan s tissues are consumed by it his vi tality oecomes leebie, and eventually exhausted. In the course of his abuse of his divine organization, his joy, his sweetness, bis courage, his hope, are worn and worn till they're all worn out. The Sabbath is to the Wfeks of toil what the sleeping time of the cur ained niht is to the Jdays of laborrecuperation of physical force, and acquirement of new monl power. The railroad Sabbath will reward the compa nies which institute it. Their employers will wear longer and work better. There will be one seventh less accidenti upon the lines fourteen per cent les- wear and tear ol rails and machinery, and of expenditure of fuel, oil and waste. VVnile the heated few who would travel seven days in the week are fretfully sxving themselves and their passage money for the Monday trains, the giant locomotives are gradually sleen- ing in their darkened round houses The Sabbath through, they breatht quietly on their beds, images of power in a state of jest, suggestive and admonitory to us all. Awany journal ATeub Stobv A little Irish rirl. 13 years of age, without father or mother, ignorant even of her olphabet, came to live with us Knowing she had been receiving good wages we asked her, rather re proischlully we fear, why her wardrobe WHS so miserably poor ond scanty cleanly and in good order as it was, she having the bare necessities of clothing. "Ma'am," said she, and her bright honest eyes filled with tears, "my mother did not alwavs dn right. She owed a woman that had been md to us, .eight dollars for board. Mv nfjen nave, ueen savea to pay that debt, for it WrtS an honest one. Until I nnid it I felt I had no rijjht to buv a ainirle nrtir.l of clothing I could do without." "Is ii all paid, Mary?" "Yes, and now I can anerwl ine wHges you pay me on mvself." Uen-erous and brave girl she has her minm ui uuuiiuy irora uoa. -Ufimttan Iny. forty millions of dollars "What wonder?" exclaimed the goodly indignant woman," that poverty and suffering are so rile in that city; only think, George, twenty millions of doll irs, to say the least, wasted in extravagance and finery!" "Yes," resumed the husband, for the bulk of the money is expended on foreign fabrics, and goes out of the country to pamper the miserable toadies of the old world that's what makes me angry to think of. If the money was spent among our producer, manufacturers and mechanics, the shame would not be so burning; but no, it must bear the stamp of imported goods, or our ladies will not look at the article. I saw some silk to-day which I'll be bound some French aristocrat manufactured for his own windows, but failing to give satisfaction, was sent over to the "green Yankees." They wouldn't know of course not nor care, as long as the obseoious pun in carrying oui tne principles ol tne aiiopinan ueciareu it was ot "lJaris manu- lacture. And so we have walkinir our tains, with nil the fixtures, nslikelvas not. sud best hangings too oh I to meet in our fashionable protnenados.dresses with figures larger man the whole puttern, so that it solicitudo you had displayed towards his lamiiy. it was you, then, who sent them wood and bread, nnd warm clothing for their children. It was you who got 'Lilly a good place for your bick wash woman. It was you who fitted out the little lame girl with decent cloths, and sent her to school; it was you who during the season of distress went liko a ministering angel to the haunts of tho poor, preferring to erjend your allowance in doing good to the needy, rather than display yourown beautiful person in the habiliments of fashion. God's blessings on you my noble wife I am proud of youl I have found a lieasuroof which not only I, but my country should be proud. For, should calamity come, this fair cheek would never blush, with tho thought: "It was mv henrtless extrnva- gance that aided in the overthrow of my native land." God's blessings on youl He does bless you daily; and when the poor butterflies who think more of a yard of brocade than a human soul standing before the judgment seat of the great God, how little in comparison with such as you, my wife, will such heartless, frivolous beings appear. Nay, this is just praise tho you have done your good works silently and secretly, and not for human approbation;" and imprinting a kiss on her forehead, the happy husband returned to his counting room. From the Albany Evening Journal. KANSAS AND ARKANSAS. The Democratic party oppose the admis1 sion oi tiiinsas on the ground that her np plication, not being made by her Territo Correspondence of Sandusky Itegister, TII3 GHQWING RAPACITY OP CON GEES3. However liumiliatin;' the acknowledge ment must be to every true lover of his country and its institutions, the fact of the growing rapacity of members of Congress we speak in general terms and refer to no one person in particular can no lonirer bo ignored or excused. The cbarce attaches itself to tho whole Congressional body, and may not, wilh any propriety, bo shirked or appropriated by any one political party now hi eminence, out may be asserted with sufficient grounds against all. Is it not patent to every one, at nil familiar with tho workings ot our government nt Washing ton, that the most contemptible subterfuge are employed by public servants fo trans ler national property to private ownership Ihe most lalitudinurian constructions forced on existing acts of Congress, to increase the emoluments and peinuisites of Con gressmen and officers of the government? ana worst ot ail what goes more conclu sively to make good our assertion are they not, every day, the mo.st daring schemes natcneu out aim developing for plundering the public stores; with the infamous character of which members are too familiar; but against the instigators and actors of which, either from slavish fear of conse quences, or that inward consciousness of unfitness, they dare not "cast the first stone? ' Consider the manner in which the per diem (iO) allowance to members is reckon ed, made to include Sundays and many outer uays, lor which no service is render ..... uuinumra, uui oy an lnuepenueni ed; aud yet, although a similar claim, if "n, 7 u --'e, noi previously au- made bv a hireling, on one of these mem inorizea oy congress, is. illegal, let it bers for payment lo: nnvmnt lor Nnnmive wrniiV! L m uuiuu puzzle mem io point out trie page oi u-cted w th aslon shment. no rm-mW the Statute Book.which re.iders illegal such : however clear-sighted in his own business, c u. ui,ceu.i.K, fueie is uuimiig )u3 perceived the unluirness of such pay cation to be made through Territorial au thorities, or the Convention to be held un laeut. Consider again the allowance for travel mg experses ($8,00 for every 20 miles) This enactment was born in slow coach opted Jiesolved, That all who wish to emigrate to Kansas be requested to join our party, tnkea two women to show off one gown to and that our Committee on names be in- j advantage itis most laughable but wife:" structed to tako the names of all such individuals.Resolved, That we will abstain from the use of ardent spirits, and from profane language, and that we will act as gentlemen and ladies and treat each other as such. r Delawure Qazette, April 1 1th. .. .. . . f'JSUs"wPT." ...... "Well how your eyes twinkle "It has never occurred to me to ask how much you spend in dress, say for one year. "Oh! but I am riot fashiouable, and you are not rich." "No matter for that; a better dressed woman than yourself doesn't walk the streets of the city. Now for that very reason that I am not rich, I want to know how vou do it." Amoug the lovely traits exhibited in the ' "Tlmt is easv enough told, nn a Htiln . character of Jesus Christ, none shine forth flection," jcplied Mrs. Reed, blushing nev-in greater splendor, than his sympathy for crtiieless "you praised my new hat yes-suffering humanity. In his pilgrimage terday very hi.;hly." here on earth, he frequently came in con-1 "Never saw you look so sweet in my tant with nhipnta in .ti-jlrues nrhinl, tniml.A.l lift, tanntaA tn l,:..n .1... .... t .1 -.-, ..wu wuuilVU ...V, lldllWU B.fla VUU UI1 LI1H H inr. I .IK, his heart with feelings of coiapassion. the gentleman who was with me, declared ceiioiu mm approach tne lonio where ins he Hadn't metso handsome and wnll tr friend Lazarus was laid, and as he hears ed a iady since ho left Boston. There's the lamentations of the bereaved relatives for you, and he's a New Yorker- hut cimo and weeping friends, "He groaned in the what did you give lor that bounet, pinch spirit, and was troubled." And as be in bread and butter, eh?" and he pinched l...n.,o H.nm ,AMMn: .1 U II II L. !f.l I . uccuo niic.u uiuuiiiiug na u.ue wuu wouiu 1110 wne s rosy cnectf. not be comforted," his heart was made full "No indeed,".sh merrily replied; "you to overflowing, and his tears mingled with know last week I asked you for three dol-those around him. "Jesus Wept." ; lars; well, that was what the bonnet cost Here we have a striking illustration of me." ' God manifested in the flesh." He wasi "Ah! Minne I'm not so trrecn as that ousuepuuie 01 oeiug "loucnea win, tne reel a may s bonnet three dollars a bonnet ings of our infirmities," and his yearning like that 1" soul flowed out in sacred tears for the suf-j "But I made it mjself, for I have lon fexing and distressed. beep confident that a milliner's time is worth Is it any wonder, those who gazed upon to hor a dollar a minute, and that we pay the affecting scene, cried out "Behold how more for that than shape, material and all. he loved nim." Although the stoical phi-, So I have made my bonnets for the last losopher might dare pronounce it weak- two seasons; this very frame wore velvet ness in the Son of God to weep: yet the last winter. I was curious to get a milli-compassionate Jesus thought it not a shame ner's judgment upon it.and yesterday asked to suffer his benevolent heart to be touched Miss to show me some ten dollar bon- by feelings of pity, and he gave vent to! nets. She did so, and I would not ex-his pent up sorrow, by a gushiug of tears. ; change mine for any of them. Ha! Ha." And this is the affection he bears all his "Whv mv black silk looks so frnsh nnn inenus on eartn. Although their hearts! ot my lriends knew but I had bought a may be wrung by bitter anguish: yet there' new one. I turned, altered and trimmed is one dear Friend, who shares tbeir grief jt handsomely, and yet tho trimmim's cost ana commisserates their suffering. only one dollar and sixty cents; you see Have you experienced the loss of friends? there's a good deal in taste," she added uas aeatn entered the domestic circle, and , blushingly der the supervision of Congress. There is no law requiring it. iuere is not even times, nnd was then considered liberal; yet, a congressional usage requiring it, lor although 200 miles can now be gone over States have repeatedly been admitted upon with trreater ease ami lnaa i-ir.ins than on njjpi.umiui. uituie 111 jusi me way mat mis ; men, no abatement has since taken place- IO nnt nlll, n,!,l!nnn rHn.,.1 k.. l I . .1 .. . ....v. ... wuiiauiuuuuo iiiu.icu uj von- j uuc, on the contrary, the roads seem to, ventions, called, held, and acting precisely ! have grown longer from each Congression-hke the Kanzw Convention. California al District to Washington, and many mem-was. Michigan was. And so, substanti- bers find it to their profit to remain in that ally was Texas. city from year's end to year's end, and If we go back only twenty years, we each session lo make out a fictitious ac-shall find ihe Democratic party, insisting count of expenses incurred in reaching upon, nnd carrying out, the very course their seats; and this "fiction," known as they now condemn. In 1 836 came to Con- "constructive mileage," is regularly crcd-gress the application of a Territory lyinir ited and imid. just adjacent to Kansas, resemblinc it in! Acain. a rule harinrr Wn poMUVo,! name, and lornnr.g part ot the same Lou- f furnishing each member with the requi-lsinna Purchase. No law had been pass-1 site suiioneiy, this also is used as a pre- ea oy congress authorizing a Convention text for paltry peculation; and not only to organize a State. On the contrary.Con- the member himself and nil h; f,; ... 1. t - 1 y f . i Sress nau positively rejusea to passsucn a chance lo visit Washington, wastefully con- law. rheapplicalionwasnotmadebythe 8ume the public property, whilst on duty Territorial authorities. Nevertheless the bat each returns to his home with a suf- Sett.ers' Convention framed a constitution, ficiency to last his natural life: and if he presented it to Congress, and asked admis- lms gonS( Cftci, portl) ilia "Congress knife " sion. Not a single remonstrance on tho showing, conclusively to their neighbors, score of "illegality" was uttered on the not only that their father has been to iumourauc siue oi me aouse. ine suo- Washington, but also that his sense ofhoa-ji-ct was referred to acommitlce.and in due or and right did not prevent him from ma- us uii.umi.il, iur. uuuiinuiw, reported tmg the most, pecuniary, out of Us posi a bill, which was passed on the 15th of tion. " T 1 nfl.i 1 T . I ui V ' t : tw . lhe ngnt to send communications on i.wri i. 1 m ' ;governmental matters, m the mai a. free of r a .t,,nDna aa .Ln.u .'J cost, has also grown into a very serious .1 1 J . auiise: and men who would scorn such i uary ,n the present year, by a' convention breBch of trust when Rt Rvai t ' of delegates called and assembled for that ,elvcs of lhis wMe meang'of tr " H.Hu", .r ie.,iSe ves a onsutu- tltion to stnA , lu,ir friends tf) lion and S.a e govenrment which Const,- LearJ of Rrtick.s frM f , . h n u.ion end State governmen so formed. ,s mei4ns t,)e M , Republican; and whereas the number of loftjd Rnd 'transformed0 into a "Conre- iiiimuiiaiiin witiuu 1110 nnni xfrruorv ex- :.,,.i T-..-o..: n. .1 i. 1 , ,,i 7-?ni .1 i- inal lransportation Co.," the whole isdis- .u. p.,"'" " i 'g Rrrftngcd, and the regular correspondence to he rule prescribed by he constitut.on 0l theoC0Untry intt.rr2plt.d. P of the United States; and the said Conven- T , . , r , . tion have, in their behalf, asked the Cod-' Look ?Sn 'I1 1,8 of printing doo-gress of the United States to admit the !mH;,,t9 bJf bulh ,10Usf of. Cungrs. The said Territory into the Union as a State, on 0 ecl1 new membr entitled to. 0I the same footing as the original States. I ,ak,,n' T "eat nre vnlucJ ? I,'600' ni "Be it masted, that the State of Arkan-1 " ".,0"irh ,th, PrLe,ext on, which tIle Publ'-sas is hereby declared to be admitted into Cf,!"'n and dl8tributlon of government prin-the Federal Union on the same footing as Vlr ",l,mt ,nf?rmnt".m "'ght the original States," ks Ac. thus be diffused nil over the land," these Anybody who Supposes tbat lock girl in a back room will hrevent her iroro s nowmg w.hat Jove means, might a? Weil undertake to Vppn ttrith jbldshing in June, by wninpering m' their ara bot that snow bid last winter. DIED In Laodicea, the Prayer . Meet-iny., aged ono year. The health of the meeting was poor most of the year, and its life wa despaired of. But a few anxious friends kept it alive, and sometimes it would so revive as to encourage them. viscouragemeni, nowever, at last prevail ed, and the prayer meeting is dead. It died from neglect. Not a Christian was present whi n it died. Over forty Chris- .: .a f . ... r. . . uhus j i t were living wiimn a mile of it, and not one was there. Had two only hpun there, its life might have been saved, for whefe tfro are agreed as touching anything u.rj minu hsk, 11 snail oe done, for them. I wo thirds of the forty might have been mere, nad they teen so disposed. But they were not, and bo ihe ErrKcra o REctPBocrTr: The exports of wheat from Toronto during the past season amount to3 1,000 bushels ofwMch 694 000 went to the United States. The exports of flour for the same period comprise 147,000 barreli, of Which 415,400 went to. the ilnited States porta, ; These facts show the advantage which the reei procity treaty gives to New York in making it the ootlct of Canadian produce.' , claimed some loved obieot fox his own! Have you felt your heart-strings snapping asnnuer, as tne dear idqlot your heart has been torn awty by the grim destroyer? Have you wept, and do you still for the departed! Then indeed you are acquainted with grief, and you have tasted the "wormwood and the gall" of life's fluctuating water. But amid this general deso-laiion of thy soul, suffer one reflection to quell the raging billows of thy troubled heart Jesus, there above is thy friend; he looks down in tender compassion upon thy distress and eels deep solicitude . in all thy mnis, Dry up thy tears thou child of sorrow. for Jesus has gone to prepare a plce for thee, boon shall thou quit this "low ground of sin and sorrow," to reign wilh him above. There shall he "wipe away all tears from thine yet and there shall be no more death neiin, r sorrow nor crying." There shall you bask in the smiles of thy Redeemer, and enjoy Heaven's unsullied bliss, for ever and ever. S3T A little girl at school read thus: "The widow lived on a small limhacv' left her by a relative." What did you can that word..' asked the teacher: "the ord is 'legacy not 'limbacy.' " "But, Miss Johnson," said the little girl, "Pa says i must say limb, not leg. A Hint to Medical Coiuilers. When the mind's diseased, it's frequently not heating a man wantssomuchasfresh-tov-ing. Punch. 1 Natare makes us poor only when we want necessaries; but custom erivei the name of poverty to the adt of aupeiflui- UCB. "O yes, Mrs. Self Conceit, then we may put the dress at one dollar sixty cents. Ah, there's the new one-r-I forgot that." ' "It cost twelve dollars, for I make it a point to get good, rich silk, that it may bear turning or a. change of pattern. But I made every stiich myself, with only a little help from sister Annie." "But the seamstress, I saw her." "Oh, she was sewing up the cotton for the family. I always make it a point to employ some of my friends for that, and pay liberally. Shall I tell you what it cost?" "No, for we are upon dress new gloves, shoes, laces, &c. Come, all the secrets of youi mavellous extravagance, madam!' and Mr. Reed flourished his pencil pom, pously. , "Gloves, four dollars a yenr," said his wile, "put that at four dollars, for J get the very best from motives of economy; shoes, say eight dollars, though I am not quite certain it is so much; laces.perhaps five do! lars, having a good assortment and taking care of them. My dressing gowns are of .trench calico that are yet handsome after a three year's wear but to be more explicit, I have bought within the last ten months, and my outside dress, winter and all, has not exceeded seventy-five dollars." Mr. Reed looked at his wife with exulting glances. "And yet," he exclaimed, "bow well, in l ow thdroughly pure and elegant taste you have always appeared, my admirable wife. It is through tour economy J escaped threatened failure during tbe Jast terrible year. And I have more to tell yoa. .Jenkins, who bad just got out by a ; i. i ,i i .. Here are all the qualifications reqnired uuon3 nre now cons.uereu tne private prop before admitting Arkansas. rfiatinellV sot eriy oi memoes, nna .( forth. Which one of them does Kansas lack? Her Convention "called and assembled for that purpose, formed themselves a Constitution and State government." The "Constitution nnd State government so formed is Republican." The "number of can be proved that many of tlu m never draw ,the boojis at all, but receive of the contractors for their publication a sum in money in Mend! whilst others receive the books and sell them on their own account. The exposures lately made (by Mr. Clayton) show to what magnitude V .1 .! !l 1 .1 I . .. . .. inhabitants" is as great or greater. Tho ; u"s ."'auy grown: and thai the "Convention have Fn their behalf asked ad-! (!vernm.tnt 18 .ra8t "vailing the JIarpers in mission" into the Union. Everything has ln nuw )cr e2lc?1 publications, been done in this case that was required I Ffl? .nd d.shonorab e as are in that one. Why then must Kansas be! ,"'80 ""n'olralions of public trust, rejected under the same circumstances that: thcy r.a?k but a9 W UrcvnJ 1D C0Tr'-Arkansas was admitted? j 8on Ylth m,iny ?thws' Krow'"S out.f . There is only ono reason, and the De-1 W of government; and it is a mocracy own it-Arkansas had Slaves, ! f,,tl hl1 f, d,iy K 1-1 W8nta and Kansas has none. Ma, "oliitely "created," both in Congress . , r, , and departments, whoso strongest claim to 3-If vnu r.annnt hn l.nnnu in nnnvnv. attention is that "fnt contracts" must there- be happy in another; and this facility from arise, with which the greed of politi- disposition wants but losophy, for health and near v the whole all.nr. after felicity, liko an absent man hunting: 1,18 PSS8 of lch secured for so many for his hat. while it io on his head or in his! members wuh ihcir families a passage to ; and mis laciuty oj 1 ' '",,v" g"cuu. jiuuu- tt littlo aid from phi-; ca! r.ssociates may be satiated for the time and good humor aroj l)einh' or naw political friends be secured, ir. Mnv run nhnnt Look at the "Collins ocean mail contract." '. i ' . . 1 .1 -f 1 I I r fter felicity, like an absent man hunting: l" V''H" '-" ecure;i ioi jr his hat, while it io on his head or in bis! meubr ,w,lh i" 'r families a pi .,n,i and from hurope without cost to tli emselven. and in runny insluncea money to apend! Look r.ijain at the huckstering araon.T mem- hers during this present Congress, when the printing and bcok-bindinir .contract hand. m D. D. A darkey on fitalcn Island, who pretends to have discovered a cure for hydrophobia, sports D. 1). to his name. Up on being asited why be added these letters, wero about to riven out; and the unblusl- hosaul "ivoae dais right tints my nnmo Ing manner in which black mail was de manded of the applicants as the price of support; and these cases are not exceptions to a general rule, but the reverse; and we may safely affirm that no money bill has any chance of consideration in .Congress that does not include and contemplate a certain show of pecuniary advantage to certain members of that body or their par-iculor friends T. tW Genius will always work itself thro', said a poet when he found his coat was out at the elbows. in full Sam Poplar, D. D., Dog Doctor." X3Tln making choice of a wife, prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before tbe body, then thou hast m a wile a friend, a companion, who will bear an equal share in all thy tons ana aiiections. jti?" The more people de, the more they can do; be that uocb nothing renders him self incapable to do anything, whilst we are executing one work, we are preparing ourselves to undertake another. broken back, thanked me yesterday for mv X2T Three warnings from the trrave l indnessto him during his late illness, cal-l "Thou knowest what I was. thou knowest led down blessings on our head for tbe I what I am, remember what tbou art to be." i-That's tbe end vt my tail." as the tadpole said when he turned intobull-froK- . . A BI1L, , ; To provide for the settlement of the claims! oi officers pf the. revolutionary army, and of the widows and prpban children of those who died in the service. Sep. 1. BiU enacted ly the Sena oni House of Representative! of the United Statee of America in Congress assembled, That the officers of the army of the Revolution, who were entitled to half-pay foe-life under tho resolutions pf Oongreo's1 of tho third and twenty-first of Ootober, sev enteen hundred and eighty, the seventeenth of January, seventoen hundred and eighty-one, the eigth of May, seventeen hundred and eighty-one, nnd the eighth of March, seventeen hundred and eighty-five, shall be entitled to receive the same, although such officer may have reoeiyed, in lieii thereof, the commutation of full pay for five years, under the resolution of Con- greas of the twenty-eeco'nd of March, ser- ventten hundred and eighty-three. . 6eo. 2. And le it further enacted. Thai it shall be the duty of the proper account- ing officer of the treasury, when applied to lor tnat purposo by any one who by this act is entitled to receive, or his or her guardian, to ascertain what is due to such offi cer, from the time he became entitled to' the said half-pay until his death, if that occurred before the third day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-six ; but if ho died after that time, then up to tho third day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-six. ec. 3. And be it further enacted, That t shall ba the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, when the amount due to anr of ficer has been ascertained, as aforesaid, to pay tbe same, as hereinafter directed, after deducting therefrom the amount received for commutation, under the resolution of the twenty-second of March, seventeen, hundred and eighty-three. Sbc. 4. And be it further enacted. That the benefit of the resolution of the twen ty-fourth of August, seventeen hundred and eighty, shall be expended to the wid ows and orphan children of all officers who died in the service at any perid during the war of the Revolution, whether such officers belonged to the continental line, or to any volunteer corps called into service under the authority of any State, but no pay ment shall be made under this clause, except to the widows and orphan children pf such deceased officer. Sec. 6. And be ii further enacted. Thai! surgeons' mates shall be entitled to the benefit of the resolution of the seventeenth of J anuary, seventeen hundred and eigth-one, and receive the same pay as hospital phy sician and surgtons. Sic. 6. And be U further enatted, Thai it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, under the direction and with the ap-probation of the President of .the United States, to prescribe such rules of evidence as may be necessary to carry into effeot tbe provisions of this act, aocording to iti true intent and mening. Sko. 7. And be it further enacted, Thjit all payments made by authority of thjs act shall be without interest. Sko. 8. And be it further enacjiti, Thai m every case the said accounting officer. before he shall order any claim to be paid, hall require satisfactory proof that the person or persona, in whose name may be presented, is or are the bona fide owner or owners thereof, and that the claim has not been sold, transferred, pledged, or mortgaged, or any part thereof, to any persoa or persons whomsoever; and all sales, transfers, mortgages, or pledges of any such claims aro hereby declared void of ;u' elkct whatever. Sbc. 9. And te ii furilir enacted, Thai this act shall not extend to the case of any officer, or his representatives, who hare received either half-pay for life or eommu' lotion in Hsu . thereof under any special a,ot of Congress. Skc. 10. And led further enacted, ThaJ all persons who apply andreeeive the benefit of this act shall receive the same in full satisfaction of all claims under any of the resolutions of Congress hereinbefore recited, and for all losses alleged to have bee sustained by depreciation in the value o the certificates received as commatatio under the resolution of Congress of the twenty-second of March, seventeen .hlUV-dred and eighty-three. Szc. it. And be it fnrther enacted, That all claim. which shall be allowed mndef the first and fifiK sections of (his act shajl be paid to the ofacer, if alive, and , if he be dead, to his widow and children equally; and if there be no widow living, then 19 his child, children, or grand ehildreaihl issue of any deceased child taking among them the share qf tbeir deceased pareqi-r and to no other persons. Sic. it. And le it further snaeieJ, "that this act shall continue and be of foree for the term of ten years, and no longer and all o!aimij)ot presented, frith the evldeaee, for their adjudication withtn that fine ihaj be forever .barred. ' ' ! " Sbc. 13. And be 8 further enacted, Thai the decision of the accounting ofiloer shf3l .be final and conclusive. . ! 1 V-A